LAND TRANSFER AND DEEDS REGISTRATION (ANNUAL REPORT OF DEPARTMENTS, 1905-6).

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1906 Session II, H-03

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Session 11. 1906. NEW ZEALAND

LAND TRANSFER AND DEEDS REGISTRATION (ANNUAL REPORT OF DEPARTMENTS, 1905-6).

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of fits Excellency.

The Secretary for Stamps to the Commissioner of Stamps. Sib, — Head Office, Stamp Department, Wellington, 15th May, 1906. I have the honour to submit the usual report on the working of the Land Transfer and Deeds Registration Departments for the year ended 31st March, 1906. The returns appended show, — A.—The business transacted under the Land Transfer Act. B.—The fees received thereunder, including the fees received on account of Crown grants. C—The mortgages and discharges of mortgages, and the amount remaining secured by mortgage under the said Act on the 31st March, 1906. D.—The arrears existing at the various Land Transfer offices at the close of business on the same date. E.—The number of deeds received for registration, and the number remaining unregistered on the 31st March last; also the fees received in the Deeds Eegistration Office. I have, &c, C. A. Hickbon, The Commissioner of Stamps, Wellington. Secretary for Stamps

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A.—Statement of Business transacted under the Land Transfer Act during the Year ended the 31st March, 1906.

API PLICATIONS. Iγ TRANSFERS TRANSFERS. 5. MORTGAGES. APPLICATIONS. DISTRICT Abe : No - ; SiTewii I '■< and Suburban. ABEA. EA. Country. Value. No. i Abea. Town and Country. Suburban, j 1 Value. Abea. Value. No - ' Town and Suburban. Country. Auckland Taranaki Wellington Hawke's Bay Poverty Bay Nelson Marlborough Canterbury Otago Southland Westland 98 15 202 18 2 13 18 212 56 15 8 A. B. P. 54 0 23 3 14 158 1 30 I 6 3 30 ! A. B. P. ' £ s. d. 8,044 3 13 i 115,329 12 6 2,589 1 33 '■ 39,068 0 0 I 57,068 0 30 598,186 0 0 I 21,238 1 21 J 181,539 0 0 57 1 20 1,744 0 0 806 2 26 : 7,945 0 0 : 14,440 0 11 27,438 0 0 34,392 0 34 320,994 0 0 3,573 2 36 ': 68,842 0 0 19,594 3 5 ; 43,497 0 0 66 0 25 j 1,183 0 0 2,697! 778j 4,423! 75lj 395 488 154j a, 769; 1,939 l,450! 20l! A. B. P. i 627 1 5 j 203 1 25 2,177 3 38 955 3 29 221 3 27 176 1 26 I 65 2 31 1,060 2 30 433 3 4 365 1 9 51 1 32 A. B. P. 598,335 1 11 59,136 1 30 355,316 0 18 112,272 3 29 136,909 0 19 37,342 2 11 39,179 0 16 399,838 0 37 183,352 1 11 128,706 2 5 6,096 2 9 £ s. d. 1,229,214 14 3 489,296 18 0 3,430,792 0 0 622,913 4 9 I 517,954 18 8 ! 127,204 2 7 ' 100,643 4 0 3,093,367, 0 0 829,726 0 0 627,496 18 1 33,871 12 8 A. B. P. A. B. P. 2,105 364 3 29 ; 430,588 0 28 1,280 193 1 25 j 177,936 0 15 4,7831,682 3 34 ; 671,433 0 10 748 73P 3 0 246,491 3 38 386 210 3 12 I 328,044 0 29 386 117 0 6 39,760 0 2 124 50 0 9 40,169 3 11 3,339 797 0 2 I 614,509 0 20 1,430 311 1 12 ; 209,523 2 8 1,062 270 0 20 ; 137,766 2 18 103 23 3 36 7,659 1 26 £ s. d. 1,018,780 14 7 811,117 11 6 3,559,970 0 0 741,265 6 0 537,137 8 0 137,653 6 2 129,504 0 0 2,694,618 0 0 728,993 0 0 558,504 7 3 26,605 14 11 3 3 19 ! 7 0 39 120 2 33 18 2 3 3 2 13 2 2 4 Totals 657 379 0 38 161,871 3 14 1,405,765 12 6 17,045 6,339 3 16 2,056,485 0 36 11.102,480 13 0 15,746j4,760 1 25 2,903,882 0 5 10,944,149 8 5 1,405,765 12 6 Corresponding period, 1904-5 699 15,423 5,588 2 12 ' 11,449,548 2 22 8,944,630 1 11 13,618J4,150 1 20 J2,749, 112 3 7 9,190,522 12 4 465 1 30 112,956 3 39 1,049,633 2 9 CERTIFICATES IN LIEU OF CROWN GRANTS. ABEA. No - Town and Country. Suburban. CROWN GRANTS. Abea. 1 < a g g I q o PL, « 1 l 1 I I 1 11 I EH 5 a 4 to IS 1 a j •a I DISTRICT. i Value. No. Town and Suburban. Country. alue. / A. B. P. 10 0 16 41 1 2 50 1 24 29 1 4 25 1 12 1 0 28 A. K. P. 15,119 0 37 12,481 3 11 17,829 2 13 20 0 28 14,980 2 15 10,724 3 10 17,913 2 25 5,326 1 6 8,000 3 24 7,890 3 37 1,600 2 31 £ s. d. 9,235 7 8 A. B. P. I A. K. P. 412 2 27 £ s. d. 2,426 1,052 4,471 1,112 518 145 109 4,286 1,341 1,201 49 38 83 332 49 3 2 4 359 55 95 3 131 26 238 25 17 5 15 124 66 21 2 328 80 136 91 51 24 30 129 57 113 24 756 284 625 105 107 77 133 166 177 260 233 267 73 366 46 718 77 1,438 278 2,874 332 229 189 74 1,913 682 513 46 Auckland Taranaki Wellington Hawke's Bay Poverty Bay Nelson Marlborough Canterbury Otago Southland Westland 175 113 108 18 53 98 10 83 96 129 21 - 294~ 0 0 6,505 17 2 825 9 6 9 - 7 9 1 I ■• 5 1 •• 75 40 121 35 16 7 7 115 53 31 3 1 •• •• •■ 42 1 9 2 •• 2 150 2 8 150 1 30 100 1 24 5 3 20 9,426 17 4 8,324 2 10 •• I •■ 4 2 17 " 331 273 135 116 1.2 2 •• " L (Taj 1 Totals 904 564 3 8 111,888 2 37 34,611 14 6 10 0 3 0 412 2 27 37 503 2 16,710 1,051 670 : 601 1,063 964 77 2,923 2,814 2 2,402 8,568 Corresponding period, 1904-5 1051 642 1 20 — 49 524 ! 14,470 874 79 5 2,187 7,349 168,003 3 34 53,641 17 9 0 10 12 10 0 .. ! • •

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B.—Return of Fees received under the Land Transfer Act for the Twelve Months ended the 31st March, 1906.

C.—Return showing the Total Amount of Money remaining secured by Mortgage under the Land Transfer Act on the 31st March, 1906.

District. ! General Fees. Assurance Pees. Total. Auckland Faranaki Wellington ... Hawke's Bay Poverty Bay Nelson Marlborough Canterbury ... Dtago Southland Westland £ s. d. 5,341 8 5 2,242 4 11 10,985 0 3 1,700 5 0 1,072 1 4 868 16 0 385 9 0 8,513 0 6 3,412 4 6 2,494 17 1 410 2 0 £ s. d. 270 8 9 51 19 7 1,172 11 3 194 19 11 6 11 3 17 3 8 104 18 11 627 4 4 143 11 7 89 11 9 1 10 6 £ s. d. 5,611 17 2 2,294 4 6 12,157 11 6 1,895 4 11 1,078 12 7 885 19 8 490 7 11 9,140 4 10 3,555 16 1 2,584 8 10 411 12 6 Totals *37,425 9 0 2,680 11 fi 40,106 0 6 Corresponding period, 1904-5 ... 133,544 7 11 1,944 7 6 35,488 15 5 Note.—Includes Cro*n-grant and listrict agency fees : * £61 12s. 4d.; t £83 9: i. 4d.

District. Amount remaining secured by Mortgage on 31st March, 190D. Amount secured by : Amount of MortMortgage during gages paid off the Year ended during the same 31st March, 1906. Period. ' Amount remaining secured by Mortgage on 31st March, 1906. Auckland... Taranaki... Wellington Hawke's Bay Poverty Bay Nelson ... Marlborough Canterbury Otago Southland Westland £ s. d. 3,988,267 8 4 4,088,467 2 7 13,795,910 12 6 5,650,398 17 7 763,148 9 11 1,170,081 19 0 553,591 15 11 10,624,171 8 0 3,567,131 0 0 4,665,122 8 8 164,520 1 6 £ s. d. 1,018,780 14 7| 811,117 11 6 3,559,970 0 0 741,265 6 0 537,137 8 0 137,653 6 2 129,504 0 0 2,694,618 0 0 728,993 0 0 558,504 7 3 26,605 14 11 £ s. d. 455,431 13 8 558,605 0 0 1,855,463 0 0 473,620 0 0 393,772 0 0 79,614 0 0 70,372 0 0 1,675,124 0 0 561,554 0 0 349,777 9 2 21,528 13 8 £ s. d. 4,551,616 9 3 4,340,979 14 1 15,500,417 12 6 5,918,044 3 7 906,513 17 11 j 1,228,121 5 2 612,723 15 11 11,643,665 8 0 3,734,570 0 0 4,873,849 6 9 169,597 2 9 Totals 49,030,811 4 0 10,944,149 8 5 6,494,861 16 6 53,480,098 15 11 Corresponding period, 1904-5 45,493,551 11 8 9,190,522 12 4 5,653,262 19 7 49,030,811 4 0

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D. —Return showing Arrears in the Land Transfer Department on the 31st March, 1906.

Other Instruments unrecorded. Transfers. Mortgagee. Miscellaneous Auckland .. .. .. .. .. 31 22 18 Wellington .. .. .. .. ..123 168 191 Poverty Bay .. .. .. .. .. 1 Canterbury .. .. .. .. .. 22 23 24 Otago .. .. .. .. .. 28 22 12 Southland .. .. .. .. .. 3 3 7

E.—Return showing the Number of Deeds remaining unregistered on the 31st March, 1905; the Number received for Registration, and the Number Registered, during the Twelve Months ended the 31st March, 1906; also the Number remaining on that date; and the Amount of Fees collected during the same Period.

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District. Applications awaiting Compliance with Requisitions. Applications detained for Examination in the Survey Office. Applications (other than those already mentioned) received during the Month and not yet passed. Unregistered Instruments awaiting Compliance with Requisitions.: Unregistered Instruments detained in the Survey Office. Certificates of Title due but not issued. Applications received previous to Current Month not yet passed. Auckland Taranaki Wellington Hawke's Bay... Poverty Bay ... Nelson . . Maryborough ... Canterbury ... Otago Southland Westland 51 54 8 4 2K 3 2 3 1 4 219 is 2 19 15 4 45 50 12 4 1 20 13 7 1 H 2 50 12 10 57 135 8 2 85 Totals ... 158 Tl 303 182 254 1

District. Unrecorded on 31st March, 1905. Received for Registration during the Year ended 31st March, 1906. Registered during the same Period. Unrecorded on 31st March, 1906. Fees. .uckland 'aranaki Wellington ... [awke's Bay 'overty Bay Felson larlborough lanterbury ... >tago outhland ... Vestland ... 164 31 34 272 2 8 65 59 6 4,799 757 2,484 1,104 64 739 429 1,328 1,873 533 95 4,860 766 2,318 1,220 64 733 354 1,345 1,892 499 95 103 22 200 156 8 83 48 40 40 £ 8. 4,728 7 721 14 2,608 13 1,269 12 76 11 672 5 419 7 1,361 1 1,877 2 537 10 74 16 d. 8 3 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 6 6 Totals ... 641 14,205 14,146 700 £14,347 1 J 5* * Includes Orown-o grai fees, £186 10 la. Sd.; and di istrict agency fees, £23 17s. 6d. [ram